Nike Chief Sustainability Officer leaves after less than 2 years

Nike’s Chief Sustainability Officer Jaycee Pribulsky has announced her departure “for an incredible opportunity”, after less than two years in the role.

Pribulsky took the helm of the sportswear brand’s sustainability strategy in February 2024, after leading Nike’s sustainable sourcing efforts for seven years. She replaced Noel Kinder – who himself had been Chief Sustainability Officer for more than five years. 

Kinder left Nike just a few months before the brand laid off around 30% of its sustainability team in July 2024. He recently joined Lululemon as Senior Vice President of Sustainability.

Announcing her departure on Linkedin, Pribulsky said she made the “bittersweet decision” to leave for “an incredible opportunity back in New York”, though she has yet to announce her next move.

“It has been an amazing run working with awesome teammates. And I just want to say thank you. Nike is about the people and the teams. And there are too many to list here. I’ll be cheering you on,” she added.

No information on Pribulsky’s successor

Nike did not make an official announcement on Pribulsky’s departure, and did not immediately respond to CSO Futures when asked who would replace her as Chief Sustainability Officer.

The company has a science-based target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 65% and absolute Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030, from a 2015 base year.

The latest sustainability data disclosed by the firm shows that Scope 1 and 2 emissions were down 74% in 2024, while Scope 3 emissions had dropped by 11% since 2015.

No sustainability report this year

When Nike slashed much of its sustainability team last year, Pribulsky said the company’s current strategy was to “embed” sustainability throughout the company rather than having a dedicated team.

“We’re not walking away from sustainability,” Pribulsky said at the time. “I mean, full stop. We are committed.”

But for the first time in six years, Nike decided not to publish a sustainability report in 2025, following a trend among US companies to cancel or delay impact reports amid growing anti-ESG scrutiny.